Sentences with phrase «reventive emission reduction measures»

At that time, Beijing viewed it as the best option among all the emissions reduction measures, including carbon taxes, recalled Lu Xuedu, a former Chinese official and an adviser at the Asian Development Bank.

Marshall said new jobs would be created in areas deemed more strategic, among them carbon capture and storage, emission reduction measures, and photovoltaics.

Their analysis focused on four well - researched, cost - effective emission reduction measures: energy efficiency, wind and solar generation in the electric sector, and conversion from gas - powered to electric light - duty vehicles in the transportation sector.

Despite the stringent emission reduction measures implemented in Beijing over the past decade, a series of unprecedentedly severe haze events hit this megacity in January 2013.

As a second step, First Climate will assess the opportunities to reduce the carbon footprint by implementing emission reduction measures.

[P] reventive emission reduction measures (if desired) would need to be taken before the full extent of the consequences becomes apparent.

-- For purposes of subparagraph (A), voluntary or elective emission reduction measures shall not be considered «mandated», regardless of whether the reductions are included in the implementation plan of a State.

The bill would require the state board to monitor compliance with and enforce any rule, regulation, order, emission limitation, emissions reduction measure, or market - based compliance mechanism adopted by the state board, pursuant to specified provisions of existing law.

On or before 30 June 2007, ARB will publish a list of discrete early action greenhouse gas emission reduction measures that can be implemented prior to the measures of AB 32.

The final rule also establishes «glide paths» that gradually step down each state's compliance target over the course of three interim compliance periods in order to better reflect commenters» suggestions about states» ability to phase in emission reduction measures.

EEI also called for a wider range of emissions reduction measures and a bigger role for the «existing nuclear fleet.»

UN Climate Change News, 5 May 2018 - The first - ever training workshop under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on modeling tools to analyze potential economic consequences of emission reduction measures was held in Bonn from 30 April 2018 to 1 May 2018.

Accordingly, over the next few decades the focus of climate policy should be to: (a) broadly advance sustainable development (particularly in developing countries since that would generally enhance their adaptive capacity to cope with numerous problems that currently beset them, including climate - sensitive problems), (b) reduce vulnerabilities to climate - sensitive problems that are urgent today and might be exacerbated by future climate change, and (c) implement «no - regret» emission reduction measures while at the same time striving to expand the universe of such measures through research and development of cleaner and more affordable technologies.

It is too late for emissions reductions measures.»

Not exact matches

In fact, absent new measures Environment Canada's 2014 emissions trends report projected that oil sands emissions would drive increased emissions from the oil and gas sector of 45 Mt CO2e (to a total of 204 MtCO2e) between 2005 and 2020, offsetting the emission reductions made in other sectors.

The policy requires states to measure and set reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions by vehicles on highways.

In order to evaluate the assessment of the low emission zone, the scientists determined the reduction of tailpipe emissions of black carbon and ultrafine particles at a street - site by taking into account the concentrations measured in the urban background.

Testifying to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in 2007, Ramanathan said of cutting black carbon emissions that «at best, it is a short - term measure to probably buy a decade or two, time for implementing CO2 emission reduction strategies.»

«There are also other important measures to reduce methane emissions from coal mining, municipal waste treatment and gas distribution, for example, as well as black carbon emission reductions through elimination of high - emitting vehicles, use of cleaner biomass cooking and heating stoves, replacement of kerosene wick lamps with LED lamps and other measures,» adds Zbigniew Klimont of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, who also took part in the study.

A curious detail also shown by the study is a reduction in atmospheric pollution from lead during the last few decades, which, as Lozano concludes, «suggests that the global measures taken to reduce lead emissions, such as the use of lead - free gasoline, have helped to reduce the levels of this metal in the atmosphere.»

The colored fields (wedges) show estimated emission reductions achieved in the carbon - intensive industry in the period 2010 — 2050, assuming ambitious deployment of technologies and measures that are currently commercially available.

But we, who have to a large extent built up our industries and economies on coal, oil, steel and cement have, in my opinion, a responsibility to lead the way and develop measures which can show the rest of the world that it is possible to achieve ambitious emission reduction targets,» says Johan Rootzén.

The rules do not require emissions reductions, although EPA said the proposed measure would help with future climate policies.

-- The term «national deforestation reduction activities» means activities in developing countries that reduce a quantity of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation that is calculated by measuring actual emissions against a national deforestation baseline established pursuant to section 754 (d)(1) and (2).

Targeting a reduction in air pollution in towns and cities, the project will develop a tool that will remotely measure real - time vehicle emissions in order to identify high - emitting vehicles.

This workshop will discuss key environmental considerations in the development of a REDD offset program including the establishment of reference levels against which emissions reductions should be measured, systems to monitor, report and verify avoided deforestation and degradation, and ways to ensure that programmatic emissions reductions are in addition to those that would have otherwise taken place.

We use Earth's measured energy imbalance, paleoclimate data, and simple representations of the global carbon cycle and temperature to define emission reductions needed to stabilize climate and avoid potentially disastrous impacts on today's young people, future generations, and nature.

Created to celebrate exemplars of building performance by measuring rigorously collected data, the Awards show how good engineering can directly affect the amount of energy used in a building and reduction of emissions while taking into account the occupants» experiences at the same time.

This ensures all performance parameters remain balanced and consistent * Offers a reduction in CO2 emissions of up to 70 % (well - to - wheel), a measure of a fuel's net contribution to the atmosphere, not just tailpipe emissions

The Diesel models for the US are an integral part of the EfficientDynamics corporate strategy which integrates a combination of short - term, mid-term and long - term measures for the continued reduction of fuel consumption and emissions while at the same time enhancing the performance and driving characteristics which are such a hallmark of BMW.

Pioneered in the Supersports coupe, this FlexFuel technology offers a reduction of up to 70 per cent in CO2 emissions on a well - to - wheel basis, a measure of a fuel's net contribution to the atmosphere, not just tailpipe emissions.

A functioning market would make this more apparent (e.g., if the market price is equal to the IPCC midpoint scenario), of course, but it appears to me that in the debate motivated by James so far that there is no expectation that emissions reductions policies will have a discernable effect on the climate (as measured by GAT) by 2030 (the terminal point of the bet).

Although emissions are projected to continue decreasing until 2020 in all 27 members of the EU, the 20 % reduction target compared with 1990, endorsed by European leaders in 2007, will remain out of reach without the implementation of additional measures, such as the EU energy and climate change package proposed by the European Commission in January 2008, the agency said.»

Look at any list of main points in play in recent years: forest protection and planting, transfers of money and technology from powerful to vulnerable, efforts to set, measure and verify emissions reductions — and you'll see a glaringly missing factor.

-- Targeted energy efficiency measures in buildings, industry and transport account for nearly half the emissions reduction in 2020, with the additional investment required being more than offset by reduced spending on fuel bills.

The long - term rise shows that even with steady reduction in emissions compared to economic growth (that old «intensity» measure preferred by the Bush administration), emissions still rise overall along with the American population and resulting resource consumption.

Among its sustainable practices, Keurig Green Mountain has pledged to mitigate 100 % of the measured greenhouse gas emissions that they can not avoid through onsite reductions from energy efficiency and renewable energy use.

These tools include so - called «inside the fenceline» measures — a range of technologies and fuel choices to reduce the emissions of the plant itself — and the ability to use credits reflecting the emission reductions that result from ramping up generation at cleaner plants.

The disclosures reveal that 14 % percent of CDP's corporate respondents practice «offset - inclusive carbon management,» meaning that they are investing in hundreds of unique emissions reduction projects — from forestry in Belize to wind energy in India to clean cookstoves in Zambia — in addition to directly reducing their climate impact through energy efficiency, improved product design and other measures.

Achieving a 28 % reduction in US emissions by 2025 can not be done without aggressive government intervention in the energy marketplace to raise the price of all carbon fuels and to constrain their supply, thus encouraging both significant energy conservation measures and an accelerated move towards adopting non-carbon energy resources.

SACRAMENTO, CA, October 24, 2017 — The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a non-profit enterprise of Winrock International, announces the approval of a milestone methodology developed by The Nature Conservancy and TerraCarbon to measure and verify greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions from the restoration of peat soils.

«Use of full or partial CCS technology should not be part of the BSER [best system of emissions reduction] for existing EGUs [electricity generating units] because it would be more expensive than the measures determined to be part of the BSER, particularly if applied broadly to the overall source category.»

Measures to improve the resilience of marine ecosystems have been proposed, but these can only be effective in the long run if serous reductions in carbon dioxide emissions are achieved.»

In Oklahoma, for example, participation is voluntary, and the government limits its role to certifying the companies that verify emission reductions and nurturing agreement on how to measure the types of GHG reduction projects likely to be pursued in the state — such as grassland management and climate - safe farming.

The carbon will be measured and monitored following an ACR offset accounting methodology, and the emissions reductions will be independently verified, generating tradable carbon offsets.

Such programs and measures include (1) requirements that publically - funded projects mandate that all diesel construction equipment be retrofitted with the best available technology to reduce particulate emissions; (2) continued funding and implementation of EPA's Diesel Emission Reduction Program and similar state - based diesel emission reduction programs; and (3) incentives to accelerate fleet turnover, in which vehicles and parts are properly recycled or Reduction Program and similar state - based diesel emission reduction programs; and (3) incentives to accelerate fleet turnover, in which vehicles and parts are properly recycled or reduction programs; and (3) incentives to accelerate fleet turnover, in which vehicles and parts are properly recycled or scrapped.

«Being the first of a kind emission reductions from sustainable rice production, Microsoft valued the innovation by farmers and the investment in technology to catalyze measuring and monitoring emission reductions», said Rob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist, Microsoft.

What additional measures could be put in place quickly to close the gap in emission reductions within the next 52 months?

They say that by packaging reductions in greenhouse gas emissions with other environmental measures, like cutting other power plant emissions, they could win concessions on other pollution rules.

It demonstrates that its intended emissions reductions are achievable through domestic measures and says explicitly that its use of carbon credits is «not included as a basis of the bottom - up calculation of Japan's emission reduction target».